this paper is to examine two theoretical approaches from communication theory. Two theories I have selected to inform the reader are Technological Determinism and Genderlect Styles Theories. To my knowledge the reader has no idea of how these two communication theories operate. I will use the knowledge from class lectures and materials such as scholarly articles and online research to inform the reader of how these two theories can be effective in their communication skills. To gain a better understanding
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Equity Theory by John Stacey Adams Equity Theory attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. Equity theory is considered as one of the justice theories; it was first developed in 1962 by John Stacey Adams‚ a workplace and behavioral psychologist‚ who asserted that employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the
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Modern Theory- “Management is an art of getting things done through people.” The modern organizational theory is regarded as recent development in management theory. They represent integrative approach to management. There is no one best way of doing things under all conditions. Methods and techniques which are highly effective in one situation may not work in other situations. Situation plays an important role in application of management function. Functions are universal but their application
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LEADERSHIP THEORIES. 1. "Great Man" Theories: Have you ever heard someone described as "born to lead?" According to this point of view‚ great leaders are simply born with the necessary internal characteristics such as charisma‚ confidence‚ intelligence‚ and social skills that make them natural-born leaders. Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to
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Decision theory tells what we may rationally prefer and not what we may rationally believe. Desires according to Hume‚ are original existences and not subject to rational assessment. Drier says this may be a bit of a bold statement but so what? It isn’t irrational that we have conflicting desires‚ but it is the decision out of them that is important. I don’t want sunburn. I stay inside. Trouble arises when I prefer staying in to sunbathing‚ sunbathing to short exposure and short exposure to staying
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different theories of crime and how they affect the criminal justice system. The Classical School of criminology is a theory about evolving from a capital punishment type of view to more humane ways of punishing people. Positivist criminology is maintaining the control of human behavior and criminal behavior. They did this through three different categories of Biological studies‚ which are five methodologies of crime that were mainly focused on biological theories‚ Psychological theories‚ which contains
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The two theory that can be applied to this case is rights theory and virtues theory. However‚ both of these two theories lead to different ethical outcomes. While rights theory supports the sex robots being made and used by consumers‚ virtue theory goes against the selling and product of sex robots giving the standard argument that lewdness feeds on itself. First‚ virtue theory does not support the uses of sex robots. Virtue theory allows us to develop good moral characters. Some virtues that may
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Theories gave organizations a framework for knowledge and a guide to achieving their goals. The Industrial Revolution prompted the need for better supervision of workers to boost productivity within the automobile‚ steel‚ and coal industries. It is because of this need that the various theories of management began to take shape. The classical management theory‚ which came about during the Industrial Revolution‚ focused on the single best way to perform and manage tasks. This enabled factories
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Management ............................................................................ 6 The Gilbreths: Time-and-Motion Study ........................................................................................... 6 Max Weber (1864-1920): The Theory of Bureaucracy...................................................................... 7 Henri Fayol (1841-1925): Principles of Management ....................................................................... 8 The Work of Mary Parker Follett .
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of a goal or goals. Three important parts of this definition are the terms interpersonal‚ influence‚ and goal. • Interpersonal means between persons. Thus‚ a leader has more than one person (group) to lead. • Influence is the power to affect others. • Goal is the end one strives to attain. Basically‚ this traditional definition of leadership says that a leader influences more than one person toward a goal. Consistent with the notion that leadership is concerned with change‚ we view the “leader”
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